Motor-car.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

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MOTUR GAR:

APPLIGATION FILED 1720.30,1s05.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1906 Application filed December 3051905. Serial No. 293,904:-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL Ens-Er, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain 5 Improvements in Motor-Cars, iif which the followi or is a specification.

The 0 jeot of my invention is to provide a convenient and unobtrusive means for store ing a spare tire or tires on a motor-car.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a motorcar, showing in section that portion of the same to which. my invention particularly relates; and Fig. 2 is a sectional plan ,view of the rear portion of said car.

Owners and drivers oi ordinary motorcars are subject to considerable annoyance A by reason of the fact that such cars lack storage capacity for a spare tire or tires, which should always be carried, andit is with the view of overcoming this objection that my invention has been devised.

The invention consists in providing the tonneau portion 1 of the car with a double back, comprising inner and outer casings 2 and 3, which provi'de between them a chamber'4'for receiving one or more spare tires 5. This. chamber may be of any desired dimensions and accessible at any desired point,-

either top, bottom, side, or rear, so that the spare tire can at any time be readily withrawn and a defective tire stored in place of Lsame. In the present instance the storagechamber is open at the back, this portion of hinged door 6.

vthe outer casing 3 being provided with a If the cushions 7 are carried over the top of the extended back of the tonneau, as shown. in Fig. 1, the presence of the storage chamber wili not be suspected, nor will it detract in any manner from the proper appearance of the car even it the seat-cushions are not carried over the extended back of the tonneau, as shown. A storage chamber such as i have provided is therefore not objectionable from an artistic standpoint, while it serves both to protect the spare tire or tires and hide the same from view, thus overcoming the objection to hanging such tire or tires in a conspicuous position on the outside of the vehicle, as is the present practice.

I clainr-{L 1. A motor-car provided with a tonneau structure, having an extended back portion with a double casing inclosing chamber for receiving a spare tire or tires.

2. A. motor-car provided with a tonneau structure having an extended back with double casing inclosing a tire-receiving chamber, and seat-cushions extending" over' the top of said extended back portion of the tonneau.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

KATE A. BEADLE, dos. H, niacin. 

